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- The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger pose for a group photo during their extraordinary meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, to discuss the situation in Niger. (AP Photo/ Chinedu Asadu)
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Niger's junta isn't backing down, and a regional force prepares to intervene. Here’s what to expect
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Sat,08/05/23-3:46AM , 697 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger and restore its democracy collapsed as soon as they started. Tensions have escalated as the Sunday deadline nears for possible military intervention by other West African countries.
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- Rifkatu Andruwus, 66, stands in front of her makeshift home, at the Durami camp for the displaced, in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, June 9, 2023. Hundreds remain homeless in Nigeria's capital of Abuja after losing their shanties to government bulldozers. Authorities say the demolitions seek to rid the city of crime and restore Abuja's master plan, a conceptual layout meant to promote growth of this oil-rich Western African nation. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
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They fled the war in Nigeria's northeast. Then bulldozers levelled their homes at a camp in Abuja
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Thu,06/22/23-11:15PM , 711 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — On a breezy morning at the height of the dry season six months ago, Rifkatu Andruwus and her children were chatting in front of their house in a displacement camp in the heart of Nigeria’s capital. Suddenly, security forces stormed into the camp, followed closely by bulldozers.
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- Joshua Danjuma, 36, poses with a handcrafted riffle in Kunji Village, Southern Kaduna Nigeria, Thursday , April 27, 2023. Danjuma, a hunter who lost two of his five children in a late night March 2023 gunmen attack that left 33 people dead, has joined others in protecting their homes. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
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In Nigeria’s hard-hit north, families seek justice as armed groups seek control
By CHINEDU ASADU - RUNJI, Nigeria
Sun,05/28/23-1:24AM , 684 Reads
Associated Press (AP) — Christian Jonathan's mother was holding the 9-month-old boy in her arms when she was shot dead during an attack on their village in northwestern Nigeria. The assailants cut off one of Christian's fingers and abandoned him by the side of the road with a bullet wound in his tiny leg.
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- Chef Hilda Baci cooks to establish a new Guinness world record for the "longest cooking marathon", the 97-hour cook-a-thon, in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, May 11, 2023. A Nigerian chef on Monday continued her quest to set a new global record for the longest hours of nonstop cooking after surpassing the current record of 87 hours and 45 minutes. By 15:00 GMT on Monday, Hilda Baci had cooked for more than 97 hours, becoming a national sensation and to the cheering of many in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos where her kitchen is set. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Nigerian chef cooks nonstop for 100 hours to set new global record
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Mon,05/15/23-11:30AM , 997 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian chef on Monday set a new global record for the longest hours nonstop cooking as she cooked for 100 hours, surpassing the current record.
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81°F

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Chance of Rain: 60%
Max Temp: 84°F
Min Temp: 64°F
Feels Like: 70°F
Dew Point: 66°F
Humidity: 100%
Sunrise: 6:50 AM
Sunset: 7:20 PM

Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind Direction: S
Wind Gust: 9 mph
Sky Cover: 88%
Visibility: 7 mi
Dew Point: 66°F
Moon Rise: 7:15 PM
Moon Set: 6:25 AM

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